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In my experience, which I will admit is limited in this particular question, as long as the boolit is large enough to seal the throat, chamber, and barrel, the size is large enough regardless of hardness. Whether the boolit is hard enough to survive...

My first reloading was with a Lee whack a mole setup for a 222 rifle. Both cost and accuracy were reasons for my getting started.
Unless I could purchase the exact same lot of ammunition, factory loads didn't shoot consistently in my rifle. My...

Consider what happens with black powder shooting. In particular a patched round ball.
You can find unburned patches in front of the firing line. Most show no damage but they have been lubed. An unlubed patch can often have a charred center where...

I am also using WST in 38 special and 45 ACP. I even used it a little in 9mm but since my 9mm guns are more accurate with speedier loadings, I don't use it in 9mm anymore.
I have been loading 4.1 grains in my 45ACP with all cast boolit weights from...

I worked with and around solid lead and molten lead(1500 degrees F) for 40 years in a heat treatment facility and never got enough lead in my system to worry about. We were tested every year by OSHA requirement.
Lead will not turn to vapor until...

All well thought out results with good test data.
Do a ladder test with the different brass over the chronograph to get the powder charge you need to duplicate your current load. That should give you the results you want.
Ladder tests are a pain...

I won't use flaky powders that will throw inconsistent charges.
I use small grain powders and they all drop within 1/10th of a grain using my Lee Pro Autodisk.
After hearing all the horror stories about Unique and it's problems in measures, I...

Powder coating adds about .001-.002 to the diameter of a boolit. You will need to size them as needed for your barrel.
The alloy you are using will work fine.
The pc process will remove any heat treating done previous to the powder coating...

I would drop the charge slightly, say .2 grains and run it over a chronograph and see how well it matches up with what you have been shooting. If it doesn't match, adjust the charge weight until it does.
This assumes you have a chronograph and have...